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MEDIA UPDATE & CLARIFICATION*: September 13, 2011

Jury Seated and First Testimony Heard in Civil Trial About Fatal Police Beating of Martin Cotton

Oakland, CA:   On the morning of September 12, 2011 in U.S. District Court, Northern District in Oakland, CA, a seven person jury was sworn in to hear the civil trial brought by the family of Martin Frederick Cotton II, who was killed by a fatal police beating in Eureka, California four years ago.  Supporters and members of Redwood Curtain CopWatch and the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality rallied outside the courthouse early in the morning, spreading the word about the trial about to occur, speaking out against state brutality, and holding signs "Cops Beat Martin To Death.  Justice For Martin Cotton!" 

TRIAL BEGAN SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 at 8:30am
[RALLY at 7:30am on 12th, first day of trial]

Trial Wed (9/14), Thurs (9/15), Friday (9/16), Wed (9/21), Thurs (9/22) 
8:30am- 2:30pm  
Must have U.S. ID or Passport to go in

READ UPDATES:  1  2     Hear Interview 9/16  4

Downloadable below is a court filing on behalf of  Peter Stewart's mother.  It opposes the cops' attempt to get the civil rights case against them dismissed -before a trial happens.  The document goes into more detail about the police murder of Peter Stewart in June 2007. 

Local cops burned a house down, knowing that they would kill Peter Stewart inside.

Important Download: http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/files/Opp_MotionToDismiss10_28_10.pdf

Also, here is the First Amended Complaint (what the lawsuit is about): http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/files/1st_amendComplaint_10_15_09.pdf

**If you have trouble downloading these documents, feel free to call CopWatch at (707) 633-4493.**

“We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove,” Google wrote in its Transparency Report, Business Insider reported.

Google said that it “did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests,” revealing that the Internet giant had been bombarded with requests for information and for content to be removed by the US government.

This article should be read after: Rage at the police hits the streets of north London

Police Brutality and Tory Attacks Caused the Riots

The riots that swept large parts of London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol last night are an explosion of bitterness and rage.

This is what happens in a society of deep and growing inequality, where there are great pools of unemployment and poverty, where there is systematic police harassment and racism, and where many young people feel they have no future.

Just as with the student protests last year, it is the “lost generation” created by the Tories who are at the centre of these struggles—although many older people were also involved.

[VIDEO may contain content that is inappropriate for some to watch]

When police stopped a teenager stepping off the T-train to show his transfer as proof he’d paid his fare – $2 at most – he ran from them. They shot him as many as 10 times in the back and neck, according to witnesses. For many long minutes, as a crowd watched in horror, the boy, who had fallen to the sidewalk a block away, lay in a quickly growing pool of blood writhing in pain and trying to lift himself up as the cops trained their guns on him and threatened bystanders.

READ: http://sfbayview.com/2011/why-should-you-die-for-a-transfer/

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

TIME: 7:00PM

OSCAR GRANT COMMITTEE PRESENTS

A FORUM ON POLICE, RACISM,

BRUTALITY AND VIOLENCE

Police State Continues to Expand.
If we don't confront it now, then WHEN?

August 7, 2010: Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputies Murder Robert Garth in Blue Lake

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/08/18655719.php?show_comments=1#18655924

http://www.youtube.com/user/RedwoodCopWatch#p/u

August 8, 1978: Philadelphia Police Try to Kill MOVE Men, Women, and Children at MOVE Home; Police Kill One of Their Own and Lock Up Nine MOVE Members "for Murder"; The MOVE 9, U.S. political prisoners, have been in prison since 1978

http://move9parole.blogspot.com/

http://www.archive.org/details/AH-MOVE

84-year-old man allegedly beaten by police officer after calling 911

By Eric W. Dolan Wed, May 18th, 2011

An Alabama police officer allegedly hospitalized an elderly man who called 911 to report an accident across the street from his house while his wife watched the entire beating from her wheelchair.

The Courthouse News Service reported that 84-year-old Dorsey Henderson of Fairhope, Alabama called 911 after investigating the car accident and discovering that the driver of the vehicle was severely intoxicated.

Henderson told the driver of the car he was under citizens arrest and needed to wait near his car until police arrived.

Never forget 1985! Now is the time to free the MOVE 9!

Friday May 13 at 8pm, watch “August 8, 1978” to understand the unjust incarceration of the MOVE 9 and how the battle for their release lead to the bombing of MOVE in 1985.

Screening at Peoples Action for Rights and Community (PARC) located in the alley on Qst between 2nd and 3rd, just North of Eureka Library, look for the signs on the car port.

FREE Snacks and Drinks provided. For more info call PARC at (707) 442-7465

Films from the early 1990's.  Mumia has since been moved to a different prison in Pennsylvania, SCI Greene. The Governer of PA is now Ed Rendell who was the Philadelphia DA during the 70's. No longer are pictures or video allowed to be taken of prisoners in PA.  Interviews are not allowed in CA prisons. All photos of Mumia are now at least a decade old.  Learn alot watching these.

http://www.youtube.com/my_favorites

Civil Rights Trial in SF Regarding POLICE MURDER of Hupa Man, Peter Stewart

The case is called JACQUELINE ALFORD v. JAMIE BARNEY.

Courtroom 1
17th Floor
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco (Federal Court)

  Police Murder of Hupa Man, Peter Stewart: http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/node/666